duckflesh
duckflesh noun: the flesh of a duck.
Noun
duckflesh (uncountable)
- The flesh of a duck.
- A few spoon-bills were also to be seen, and lovers of duckflesh never turn up their noses at a spoon-bill.1880 March 19, “About Game. And the Kind We Have Just Now.”, in Public Ledger, volume XXX, number 17, Memphis, Tenn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page [4], column 5
- What would the reader think to seeing a farmer traveling to market with as many ducks as could be crowded into more than the space of the park between the City Hall and the postoffice in New York City—a mass of perhaps two city blocks of duckflesh and feathers? That was what was driven past us on...1895 July 30, Julian Ralph in Harper’s Magazine, “The Duck Farms of China”, in The Times-Democrat, volume XXXII, number 13,929, New Orleans, La., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 7
Examples of duckflesh in a sentence
- For quality nothing better in the way of duckflesh could have been described by the most fastidious epicure.1908 September 26, E. J. Ferris, “Government Produce Export Department”, in The Observer, volume LXV, part II, number 3,495, Adelaide...
- Among those who make regular trips to the river and have had at least a taste of duckflesh this season are: Herb Nelson, […]1933 October 19, “Duck Hunters Not Elated About Results Up to Date”, in J. Allan Minger, editor, The Superior Express, volume XXXIV, number...
- Vulp emitted a low growl of annoyance when he realised that for this season at least the island would yield no savoury meal of duckflesh.1935 June 27, F. G. Turnbull, “Road to the Isle: Short Story”, in Daily Herald, number 6042, London, →OCLC, page 16, columns 2–3:
- Then, roasted duckflesh striped from carcasses, chopped fine, mixed with onion, sage, fennel, cognac, touch of special sausage meat purchased by Parodi from a Tuscan aunt in Yonkers.1973, Herbert Burkholz, chapter 6, in The Spanish Soldier, New York, N.Y.: Charterhouse, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 112:
Synonyms of duckflesh
Origin of duckflesh
From duck + flesh.
Questions about duckflesh
- What does duckflesh mean?
- Duckflesh means the flesh of a duck.
- How do you use duckflesh in a sentence?
- For quality nothing better in the way of duckflesh could have been described by the most fastidious epicure.
- What part of speech is duckflesh?
- Duckflesh is a noun.
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